FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR NONPROFIT
Federal cost allocation and indirect cost rate information
State tax information: Minnesota Department of Revenue
Financial Accounting Standards Board: FASB
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: AICPA
Federal tax forms, guidelines and exemption information: US Internal Revenue Service
Information on Form 990 accounting and reporting issues: Quality 990
Panel on the Non-Profit Sector convened by Independent Sector
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers
GENERAL NONPROFIT RESOURCES
Minnesota statutes and rules: Revisor of Statutes
State charities information: Minnesota Attorney General
IRS charities and nonprofits information
IRS search for charities (online version of Publication 78)
Life Cycle of a Public Charity – flowcharts the procedures and operational aspects underlying creation, application for tax-exemption, changes in status, merger, dissolution, etc. of 501(c)(3)-qualified organizations http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable or http://www.irs.gov/charities/nonprofits
Subscription e-mail service for exempt organization notices/developments – sign up by sending email to: eo-update-subscribe@lists.qai.irs.gov
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HELPING NONPROFIT
LOCAL (MINNESOTA)
Charities review information: Minnesota Charities Review Council
Technical and financial assistance: Minnesota Nonprofits Assistance Fund
Nonprofit financial management tips and links: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Center for Nonprofit Management
NATIONAL
National Center for Charitable Statistics
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
Miller Not-For-Profit Reporting Guide, CCH (formerly Aspen Publishers)
Nonprofit Financial and Accounting Manual, Practitioners Publishing Company (PPC)
Not-for-Profit Organizations – AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide, AICPA
Not-for-Profit Organizations – Audit Risk Alert, AICPA
Please send suggested additions or corrections to this list to Peter Olsen.
